Seismic Safety

Great and helpful staff. Bella is so sweet and went out of her way to get the job scheduled when their work load was already running high. I appreciate how easy it was to get everything taken care of, and the workers were great too. They fixed the foundation and bolting issues in about 8 hours over a two day period, and did a great job with the clean up. Strongly recommend calling if you need to have foundation work or earthquake retro done to your home.

What an amazing company! Great guy Dave! I called with a retro seismic question on a new purchase. Insurance related. He called me back, gave me great news, and advice on what to look for, even offered to look at any photos I sent. Would recommend 100%! Thanks Dave!

Ed responded to my Unilocal query in which I urgently needed advice on a home I was about to buy. The foundation didn’t look like it was repaired well, the initial home inspection report I got from another firm was inconclusive, and I had a deadline to cancel the deal after which I’d lose a $ 6,000 deposit. It was Christmas day and Ed answered with a Unilocal message. I emailed him photos and details, and the next day (December 26) he was on the phone with me. His experience and expert advice confirmed my suspicions about defects in the home and its surrounding soil, and I was able to exercise my contingency to opt out of the deal before I made a hugely expensive mistake. I am deeply grateful to Ed and highly recommend him to anyone who wants to work with a real pro.

Getting our foundation bolted was one of the least painless improvements we’ve undertaken in our many years of home ownership, thanks to Seismic Safety. The office staff was well-​organized, the crew was polite and tidy, and the job took less time than we expected.
But best of all, the building inspector praised their work — when he came out to sign off on the permit, he commented that this company really knew what it was doing. That should count for a lot — how many of us are willing to wiggle through a crawl space to see how well the foundation bolting was actually done?

Dave came out and spent a good amount of time inspecting our basement for structural problems and earthquake damage possibilities. He was very easy to work with, and always listened to our needs, being very flexible in recommending solutions. This is a class company. We were so impressed we did not feel the need to call in any other firm for a second opinion. The workers were professional and did a very thorough job. They even did some concrete patching work «on the house» (pardon the pun). They all made this experience as pleasant as possible, even enjoyable because we knew the problem was being remediated by competent people.

Great company with outstanding kind people. Dave and Bella kept me informed, answered all my questions. The workmen did extra by cleaning the whole crawal space of all debis not just what they left. I was very impressed with their price especially after getting five other quotes that were totally unreasonable. No other company took the time to explain the details and show me what was going on and how they were going to fix the foundation except Dave. I highly recommend Ed and his team.

Ed Sylvis and team are awesome. They retrofitted our 90 year old house in one week’s time, were incredibly professional and polite, AND CLEANED UP EVERY DAY, and they did every single thing to get the city of LA to permit the work. The city, as you can expect, made them jump through hoops, but my husband and I never worried about it– Ed and team took care of everything.
Cannot say enough good things about this business.

Dave is great. Very down to earth and tells you like it is. Bella is the nicest front desk/​receptionist/​person who probably keeps it together for everyone, person. The crew came in and did their thing with minimal interruption. They refitted our 1921 home and repaired the foundation where the chimney is for a great price. Thank you!

Seismic Safety was recommended by our home inspector, and they were really great from start to finish. They always seemed competent, courteous, and professional, whether it be the guys actually on the ground (or under the ground) doing the work, or the staff in the office. They did our inspection, and then later we had them bolt the foundation after we bought the house. With so much to deal with when purchasing a house, it was a comfort to have hired people that were so conscientious about staying on schedules and keeping everything in order.

As a real estate agent, I have been working with Ed, Kenny & David for nearly two decades. Never a problem, consistently honest, fair prices and dependable service. They are the best in their field.

I was referred to Seismic Safety by our amazing home inspection guy Greg Noyes (also on Unilocal). Ken Compton from SS came to the first house we were in escrow on, did an amazing inspection there, and then, when that house fell through came to inspect the second one we bid on. Again, he was totally thorough and very, very good. We ultimately bought that house and Ken and his team just finished doing some retrofitting for us. All I can say is PERFECT service all the way through. You know when you’re talking to someone and you just think «this person knows more about this subject than possibly anyone else in the world?» That is how you feel talking to Ken. But he’s no know-​it-​all, just quietly knowledgeable, helpful, and informative about his field of expertise. To the nth degree. The company as a whole is superlative in terms of communication, follow-​up, and overall service. The work done is outstanding. When we discovered an extra issue with our house that only came up after we tore carpet out Ken came the same day to take another look — even though his job was technically done — and immediately put our minds at ease by telling us exactly how we could remedy it for very little additional money. I love this guy and I love Seismic Safety. I don’t know that I would even bother getting bids from anyone else. They are the best.

I asked to have someone come out and advise me re: the fact that my new (very old) house was crowning and I was about to lay down new floor. The guy, David, went under the house, looked at my foundation and told me all about it. I learned a lot about my house that day and about the story the foundation told about how the house used to be. He described what I could have done to deal with the crowning but also told me that there was no real way to know how long it might take the house to settle. Shortly after I received an estimate. I thought the estimate was fair but I decided to do nothing and to live with the slight slope. It felt great to be able to make such an informed decision.